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A recent article about alternative energy suggests that getting clean electricity to market poses the same challenge faced by traditional power plants: gaining approval for new transmission lines. Go to “New Power Technologies Face Same Old Transmission Problems,” in the Electrical community at www.csemag.com .

Members of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have passed a vote to boost LEED performance requirements. All LEED-certified projects are now required to earn at least two Optimize Energy Performance points. Read the full story in “USGBC Raises LEED Performance Requirements,” in the Green Building community at www.csemag.com .

“How to Address Integration and Interoperability for Campus Mass-Notification Systems,” a webcast that aired on June 21, is available at www.csemag.com .

On Sept. 20 at 1 p.m. CT, CSE will host a webcast on “Specifying the Right Links: Emergency Power for Data Centers.” To register, go to the www.csemag.com homepage .